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Week #2: Meditation
As the frantic pace of work, family and day-to-day concerns increasingly consume our collective lifestyle, mental stress often seems an inevitable by-product of our cultural ambitions. The current trend to neglect this psychological pressure has lead to an enormous increase in anti-anxiety medications, stress-related worker's compensations and substance abuse. Stress has taken control, making us passive participants to the seemingly overwhelming demands of daily life.
What would your life look like if you broke free?
Meditation is the mind's innate relaxation tool. By tapping into your internal stillness and natural energies, you begin to approach your days with an ease unimpeded by the blocks of anxiety and worry. As your mind settles, you are left with the freedom and flexibility to live life on your own terms.
In Week # 2 of the Training Program you will:
- Learn breathing and relaxation techniques designed to lower your heart rate, increase blood flow, and decrease anxiety.
- Tap into your internal energies to awaken your natural passions.
- Begin living life from a place of excitement and enthusiasm rather than stress and obligation.
- Replenish your vitality to live with greater intention and design.
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According to the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts, meditation-based techniques contribute to:
Lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms.
An increased ability to relax.
Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away.
Greater energy and enthusiasm for life.
Improved self-esteem.
An ability to cope more effectively with both short and long-term stressful situations.
Numerous comparative research studies have found meditation to be twice as effective as other techniques in reducing anxiety, high blood pressure and overall cardiovascular disease, and increasing longevity.
-Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D.
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